Bingo.  Precisely my point.

They’re not calling him out though. They’re cracking (bad) jokes.

Because it’s played for laughs, for starters.  

Yeah, I don’t really get the assessment here that the show is oversimplifying her motivation and that she’s actually too endlessly complex beneath the surface to understand. Greed and pressure to succeed are pretty human, and she’s just a human, regardless of whether she’s a psychopath or a genius

In CA, a $1.5M house is just firmly middle class. That isn’t a mansion, it’s a small tract home in LA.

Silver Lake is one of the most exclusive and expensive neighborhoods in L.A.

Flak is the word you want. A flack is a PR person.

Before the batmobile was even on screen, we felt the revving of its engine under our seats, which gradually became more powerful as it slowly teased.

The issue with the directors comments has nothing to do with whether the William’s sisters can or can’t beat men. Her statement “You’re marvels, however, you don’t play against the guys, like I have to.” implied that she, a white woman has unquestionably had to overcome more hardship to get where she is, than the…

It seems fairly obvious that what she meant to say was that when it’s time to hand out awards, the Williams sisters are only competing against other women. Her, as a director of films doesn’t have that same luxury, so in a patriarchal society she has a rougher time getting accolades in her chosen industry than the…

“If she played the men’s circuit she’d be like 700 in the world,” McEnroe said. thereby proving the unyielding double-standard.

It was bad, not because of any position in the debate about whether Venus and Serena could compete on the men’s tour. That debate is neither here nor there, really. It was bad because it was an utterly unnecessary insult and an attempt at self-aggrandizing at the expense of two women who are in absolutely no way…

“If she played the men’s circuit she’d be like 700 in the world,” McEnroe said. thereby proving the unyielding double-standard.

This difference is important — in fact, rather dramatic.

While I agree with you that rocking has not been a necessary requirement to date, Dolly wields huge influence, and perhaps she is of a similar view that it should be.

Gizmodo blogs in a couple years: “Her’s an NFT of all the famous dead people”

Grand Theft Cameo: Multiple counts.

Nice reply. Thanks.

Yeahhhhh....I get this isn’t the NYTimes or anything and the newswire writers have to bang out 500 words on a Sunday for 50K a year or whatever but...jesus christ.